Visited Dick Summers today, painter and owner of the Cottage Art Gallery.

This is situated on a remote foothill of Cadair Idris, high above Dolgellau in Snowdonia, Wales. An interesting drive along some steep narrow roads set amongst breathtaking Welsh scenery.

I went because of an interest in oil painting and artists, but also because of the isolated location and to see if I could re-use Dick’s colour composition within my fabric designs.

Yep is the short answer, at least for the flora – but can I portray the naked form in fabric? Not so sure there – a) who would model for me and b) skin tones are much more difficult to replicate in fabric than in oil.

An interesting question though. Has it ever been done, to represent a real nude model on a quilt rather than on canvas?